2 is fine for us! We wouldn't want to do any later than that since we also want to avoid rush hour. I was afraid I was going to have to say that we might not make it because I was on call for a birth, but she had her baby today! Yay.

It occurs to me that I still suck at back carries (in fact, I do not even know where my mei tai is), so I am wondering how we're going to struggle in on Tuesday. It's crazy how long it's been since we've used either a carrier or a stroller.

Mooo, what we did sometimes was drive to Rye and take the commuter train in from there, it's free on the weekends but on weekdays I think parking is reasonable (though I'm not sure how available it is).

yeah, I *almost* took pictures, but then didn't! We had fun! Malka and Ada ran around chasing each other mostly nicely. Scarlett is ALL CHEEKS. Sashi and I ate bits of food (and I just had my take home order of congee for dinner). I just walked in the door half an hour ago - went from NY to visiting a friend in Hoboken and then dropped Malka off at home and ran to a class (that was so not worth running to). Phew! Dim sum was super good for my mental health, thank you guys! Mooo, I hope you had a passable visit afterward, fortified by good food!

It was great meeting you mooo! And lovely seeing you Ariann! I already forewarned Ariann, but Ada woke up with a horribly sore throat today. I'm sure it won't be a problem for Scarlett though since she was just sitting and being super cute and not swapping saliva covered objects with the toddlers :-)

Well, we did talk about that Chelsea piers playspace. Are people still interested in that?

Also I forgot to say Malka was SO HAPPY after our visit. She just smiled beatifically at me when I put her in the car seat and then we had a lovely other visit and she was angelic through the whole thing. Ada actually satisfied her running around social urge I think.

I'm up for MLK weekend and the playspace! Can anyone local scope out how bad it is on weekends? I've seen the space (a few years ago) and its a nice little indoor baby gym - I just wonder if its going to be packed with the 2-5 set running roughshod over our under 2s. Butternut how is the space near you?

_________________My oven is bigger on the inside, and it produces lots of wibbly wobbly, cake wakey... stuff. - The PoopieB.

Aww Malka. Despite being tired, Ada definitely had fun running around with her!

I don't think we'll be going over to the piers to check it out beforehand. It looks like we need to take the subway and a bus to get there. Eek. The website also says to call ahead because its not always available (people probably rent it out for parties). I know the children's museum wasn't that crowded when we went on a Sunday at 3. Keep in mind that at the museum you pay for both adults and kids.

So basically $11 pp? Is it good for toddlers or more geared to bigger kids? It looks pretty epic and I'd be up for a trip there. Its near Peace Foods Cafe too, so we could grab a bite if we wanted to...

It was crowded when I went on the weekend, but not more than anything else in manhattan usually is. There is a floor for the little ones, though I did see several 3-4 year olds running through there. It's basically an indoor playground.

We have a membership because it is literally down the block from us and my partner takes her all the time while I'm at work. I've only been once!

Another potential option is the Museum of Natural History. My partner especially likes to take Babynut to the hall of minerals because its carpeted and the exhibits are at foot level so she can really see everything, and it's relatively contained.

I'm thinking maybe the children's museum is a better option if we want to be able to just let them run around a little without bigger people running all around. I'm mostly better but Ada still has a really bad cough so I'm not sure if we'll make it unless she's all clear by the end of the week.

Well we're out for Sunday. Ada may or may not having walking pneumonia. Bloodwork doesn't come back for five days. I doubt she does but at the very least she has some sort of chest thing going on so even if it clears up by the weekend we need to be safe and wait until that bloodwork comes back before bringing her around other people. Boo!